Crewe Britannia Football Club was an English football club from Crewe in Cheshire.
The club was founded in 1873 as a rugby club, with regular matches against clubs such as Widnes and Runcorn.
Before the start of the 1883âÂÂ84 season, perhaps inspired by the example of Crewe Alexandra, the club switched to association football, and indeed had the assistance of some Alexandra players in some of its early matches, such as a 4âÂÂ0 win at Whitchurch Alexandria in September 1883.
The only national competition the club entered was the 1885âÂÂ86 Welsh Cup. In the first round, the club beat Chester 3âÂÂ0 in the first round (Chester handicapped by playing for 70 minutes with 10 men, due to an injury to Sissons), but lost 5âÂÂ1 at Crewe Alexandra in the second, despite holding a half-time lead.
The club at this time could attract 600 spectators, and played a friendly at Newton Heath, but Britannia was never so ambitious again, and descended into more local football. This may have been due to the "depressed state of trade" or that Alexandra could attract several thousand to its FA Cup ties.
By its final seasons, the club had been reduced to playing in the Crewe Junior Cup, and in 1893âÂÂ94 it lost at Audlem in the first round. The final match recorded for the club was a 6âÂÂ2 defeat against the Crewe Athletic reserve side in February 1894.
The club wore green and white.
The club's first ground was in Rockwood Lane. By 1878 it had moved to a ground on Edleston Road, and it used the Imperial Hotel for its facilities.